Buying on eBay but the seller says PayPal would not work

[ProfessorLayton1]

He wants cash which Is not possible so is asking for postal order,cheque or bank transfer
Only registered in March with no feedback comments
It is a good deal and would really like to buy the goods he is selling
How do you go about doing this?

I'd be very suspicious.

Nope. Scam alarm should be ringing.

I had an issue paying with paypal on my PC last night. When I clicked paypal choice nothing happened. Worked fine on my phone though.

Is it an iphone or similar you bought? Lots of dodgy sellers for that kind of thing.

@ProfessorLayton1 It is a good deal and would really like to buy the goods he is selling

HOW good a deal? So good it smells a bit off? What are other sellers selling equivalents for? I would be very wary of this already, so many things not quite right...

Don't do it. PayPal is there for a reason and so is feedback.

It is a bar chair and it is ex display so it is cheap.
I thought if I arrange for a courier and pay only 25 percent before that and the rest after the courier picks up ?

nope, don't do it, you're leaving yourself wide open to being ripped off. And if you do, unless you paid with PayPal, eBay won't offer you any assistance whatsoever.

With a cheque he would need to cash it so that would be proof you had paid but I smell scam if he's trying to persuade you not to pay via PayPal.

With a cheque he would need to cash it so that would be proof you had paid but I smell scam if he's trying to persuade you not to pay via PayPal.

Don't do it. Paypal does work! No feedback is highly suspicious. Presumably it looks like a good deal so people feel they have to say yes.

How much are we talking about?

50pounds